<enum>I</enum><header>Amendment to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act</header> <section id="HD471BFB68D9F4A239B8D9604C5F1C181"><enum>101.</enum><header>Amendment to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HF67D7B9687BF4BACB6D041F04F1F6D3B" style="OLC"> <section id="H8F1BAC41C8D7463D919FDF278CB512DF"><enum>32.</enum><header>Transboundary hydrocarbon agreements</header> <subsection id="H7FE649A8DF7F4673A229F5327F093EFB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>The Secretary may implement the terms of any transboundary hydrocarbon agreement for the management of transboundary hydrocarbon reservoirs entered into by the President and approved by Congress. In implementing such an agreement, the Secretary shall protect the interests of the United States to promote domestic job creation and ensure the expeditious and orderly development and conservation of domestic mineral resources in accordance with all applicable United States laws governing the exploration, development, and production of hydrocarbon resources on the outer Continental Shelf.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H812C117D841A4D19B15A972E2804DD6C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Submission to congress</header> <paragraph id="H488BAC6221D04E2BAB8B19F5CE82B192"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>No later than 180 days after all parties to a transboundary hydrocarbon agreement have agreed to its terms, a transboundary hydrocarbon agreement that does not constitute a treaty in the judgment of the President shall be submitted by the Secretary to—</text> <subparagraph id="H4B59E09C79834A3B8F92A444CDFDA009"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Speaker of the House of Representatives;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB30ECA3782314B008764D9B656B0D55C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Majority Leader of the Senate;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB4B5A8AB3B74414AB3624FE1D3CFB28A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Chair of the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCE61AA5558F340698DA0B60CF64AC0AD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Chair of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8F86F8CB9F56496DB85367A4309AE62A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents of submission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The submission shall include—</text> <subparagraph id="HC4A65D8E634148A49CA11948F4B25705"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any amendments to this Act or other Federal law necessary to implement the agreement;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBCE940DBC2134F34A898417C7F09FE8F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an analysis of the economic impacts such an agreement and any amendments necessitated by the agreement will have on domestic exploration, development, and production of hydrocarbon resources on the outer Continental Shelf; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8D0D6095B4FA48F7A719159A29D90908"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a detailed description of any regulations expected to be issued by the Secretary to implement the agreement.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H09EE605A6E0B4288A012D8891273D230"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Implementation of specific transboundary agreements</header> <paragraph id="H2D47420A355943E78C29DEF22AAE68CA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Mexico</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may take actions as necessary to implement the terms of the Agreement between the United States of America and the United Mexican States Concerning Transboundary Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico, signed at Los Cabos, February 20, 2012, including—</text> <subparagraph id="HD428938FCF1E4A97A8532EF06B39F0A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>approving unitization agreements and related agreements for the exploration, development, or production of oil and natural gas from transboundary reservoirs or geological structures;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDA066754AC424EBB9F9C9F8BF79A4D1F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>making available, in the limited manner necessary under the agreement and subject to the protections of confidentiality provided by the agreement, information relating to the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas from a transboundary reservoir or geological structure that may otherwise be considered confidential, privileged, or proprietary information under law;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H93A2651277554A3AB272D4ABB885C936"><enum>(C)</enum><text>taking actions consistent with an expert determination under the agreement, provided that the expert determination proceedings were open to the public to the greatest extent practicable; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H80EF04D1B46D4A95B371944238F0DD2C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>ensuring that agents of a foreign government may not stop work or interfere with exploration, development, or production activities as approved by the Secretary.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3DC64F153BBF4945979D852CE4CAFF23"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Canada</header> </paragraph><paragraph id="HACEFF4CF8BE7436194C36B2E5878861E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Russia</header> </paragraph><paragraph id="H41E365FEE1D84A1FB9C88FA96A3483F2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Bahamas</header> </paragraph><paragraph id="H963B0896C69D4238B98DE6DD72E57464"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Bermuda</header> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB415CF4D0EE24494A097018837196636"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Exemption from resources extraction reporting requirement</header><text>Actions taken by a public company in accordance with any transboundary hydrocarbon agreement shall not constitute the commercial development of oil, natural gas, or minerals for purposes of section 13(q) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (157 U.S.C. 78m(q)).</text> </subsection><subsection id="H2709801B8AE945558ACCA938A001A011"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Savings provisions</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed—</text> <paragraph id="HE3780C5A1088495782BF9155D236CB8A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to authorize the Secretary to participate in any negotiations, conferences, or consultations with Cuba regarding exploration, development, or production of hydrocarbon resources in the Gulf of Mexico along the United States maritime border with Cuba or the area known by the Department of the Interior as the <quote>Eastern Gap</quote>; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7F795B6F2AB2463583AD211EE3638801"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as affecting the sovereign rights and the jurisdiction that the United States has under international law over the outer Continental Shelf which appertains to it.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>

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Outer Continental Shelf Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreements Authorization Act

<enum>I</enum><header>Amendment to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act</header> <section id="HD471BFB68D9F4A239B8D9604C5F1C181"><enum>101.</enum><header>Amendment to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HF67D7B9687BF4BACB6D041F04F1F6D3B" style="OLC"> <section id="H8F1BAC41C8D7463D919FDF278CB512DF"><enum>32.</enum><header>Transboundary hydrocarbon agreements</header> <subsection id="H7FE649A8DF7F4673A229F5327F093EFB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>The Secretary may implement the terms of any transboundary hydrocarbon agreement for the management of transboundary hydrocarbon reservoirs entered into by the President and approved by Congress. In implementing such an agreement, the Secretary shall protect the interests of the United States to promote domestic job creation and ensure the expeditious and orderly development and conservation of domestic mineral resources in accordance with all applicable United States laws governing the exploration, development, and production of hydrocarbon resources on the outer Continental Shelf.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H812C117D841A4D19B15A972E2804DD6C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Submission to congress</header> <paragraph id="H488BAC6221D04E2BAB8B19F5CE82B192"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>No later than 180 days after all parties to a transboundary hydrocarbon agreement have agreed to its terms, a transboundary hydrocarbon agreement that does not constitute a treaty in the judgment of the President shall be submitted by the Secretary to—</text> <subparagraph id="H4B59E09C79834A3B8F92A444CDFDA009"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Speaker of the House of Representatives;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB30ECA3782314B008764D9B656B0D55C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Majority Leader of the Senate;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB4B5A8AB3B74414AB3624FE1D3CFB28A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Chair of the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCE61AA5558F340698DA0B60CF64AC0AD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Chair of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8F86F8CB9F56496DB85367A4309AE62A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents of submission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The submission shall include—</text> <subparagraph id="HC4A65D8E634148A49CA11948F4B25705"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any amendments to this Act or other Federal law necessary to implement the agreement;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBCE940DBC2134F34A898417C7F09FE8F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an analysis of the economic impacts such an agreement and any amendments necessitated by the agreement will have on domestic exploration, development, and production of hydrocarbon resources on the outer Continental Shelf; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8D0D6095B4FA48F7A719159A29D90908"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a detailed description of any regulations expected to be issued by the Secretary to implement the agreement.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H09EE605A6E0B4288A012D8891273D230"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Implementation of specific transboundary agreements</header> <paragraph id="H2D47420A355943E78C29DEF22AAE68CA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Mexico</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may take actions as necessary to implement the terms of the Agreement between the United States of America and the United Mexican States Concerning Transboundary Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico, signed at Los Cabos, February 20, 2012, including—</text> <subparagraph id="HD428938FCF1E4A97A8532EF06B39F0A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>approving unitization agreements and related agreements for the exploration, development, or production of oil and natural gas from transboundary reservoirs or geological structures;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDA066754AC424EBB9F9C9F8BF79A4D1F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>making available, in the limited manner necessary under the agreement and subject to the protections of confidentiality provided by the agreement, information relating to the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas from a transboundary reservoir or geological structure that may otherwise be considered confidential, privileged, or proprietary information under law;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H93A2651277554A3AB272D4ABB885C936"><enum>(C)</enum><text>taking actions consistent with an expert determination under the agreement, provided that the expert determination proceedings were open to the public to the greatest extent practicable; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H80EF04D1B46D4A95B371944238F0DD2C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>ensuring that agents of a foreign government may not stop work or interfere with exploration, development, or production activities as approved by the Secretary.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3DC64F153BBF4945979D852CE4CAFF23"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Canada</header> </paragraph><paragraph id="HACEFF4CF8BE7436194C36B2E5878861E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Russia</header> </paragraph><paragraph id="H41E365FEE1D84A1FB9C88FA96A3483F2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Bahamas</header> </paragraph><paragraph id="H963B0896C69D4238B98DE6DD72E57464"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Bermuda</header> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB415CF4D0EE24494A097018837196636"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Exemption from resources extraction reporting requirement</header><text>Actions taken by a public company in accordance with any transboundary hydrocarbon agreement shall not constitute the commercial development of oil, natural gas, or minerals for purposes of section 13(q) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (157 U.S.C. 78m(q)).</text> </subsection><subsection id="H2709801B8AE945558ACCA938A001A011"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Savings provisions</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed—</text> <paragraph id="HE3780C5A1088495782BF9155D236CB8A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to authorize the Secretary to participate in any negotiations, conferences, or consultations with Cuba regarding exploration, development, or production of hydrocarbon resources in the Gulf of Mexico along the United States maritime border with Cuba or the area known by the Department of the Interior as the <quote>Eastern Gap</quote>; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7F795B6F2AB2463583AD211EE3638801"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as affecting the sovereign rights and the jurisdiction that the United States has under international law over the outer Continental Shelf which appertains to it.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><enum>II</enum><header>Approval of Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreement</header> <section id="HF6F426AED78A462EBA56F2504700DAA9"><enum>201.</enum><header>Approval of agreement with Mexico</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Agreement between the United States of America and the United Mexican States Concerning Transboundary Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico, signed at Los Cabos, February 20, 2012, is hereby approved.</text> </section>